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See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Font_formats Wikipedia] for more.
 
See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Font_formats Wikipedia] for more.
  
==Resources==
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== Links ==
* O'Reilly, "Fonts and Encodings", Yannis Haralambous, ISBN 978-0-596-10242-5
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* [http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-comic-sans-asshole I'm Comic Sans, Asshole!]
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=== Fonts ===
 
* [http://comicneue.com/ Comic Neue: an attempted replacement for Comic Sans]
 
* [http://comicneue.com/ Comic Neue: an attempted replacement for Comic Sans]
* [http://www.dustbury.com/archives/18596 Times is on my side]
 
* [http://reason.com/blog/2013/06/21/dont-want-the-nsa-to-read-your-email-use Don't Want the NSA to Read Your Documents? Use This Font.]
 
 
* [http://opendyslexic.org/ Open Dyslexic font; designed to be more easily readable by dyslexics]
 
* [http://opendyslexic.org/ Open Dyslexic font; designed to be more easily readable by dyslexics]
* [http://hivelogic.com/articles/top-10-programming-fonts Top 10 programming fonts]
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* [http://reason.com/blog/2013/06/21/dont-want-the-nsa-to-read-your-email-use Don't Want the NSA to Read Your Documents? Use This Font.]
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=== Tools ===
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* [http://www.typesample.com/ Type Sample: tool for identifying and sampling web fonts]
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=== Commentary ===
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* [http://www.dustbury.com/archives/18596 Times is on my side]
 
* [http://www.slant.co/topics/67/~what-are-the-best-programming-fonts What are the best programming fonts?]
 
* [http://www.slant.co/topics/67/~what-are-the-best-programming-fonts What are the best programming fonts?]
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* [http://hivelogic.com/articles/top-10-programming-fonts Top 10 programming fonts]
 
* [http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-genuinely-offensive-font-choices-that-must-be-stopped/ 5 Genuinely Offensive Font Choices That Must Be Stopped]
 
* [http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-genuinely-offensive-font-choices-that-must-be-stopped/ 5 Genuinely Offensive Font Choices That Must Be Stopped]
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* [http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/25/tech/social-media/image-macros-memes-impact-font/ This font has a big Impact on memes]
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* [http://opentype.info/blog/2013/07/03/color-emoji-in-windows-8-1-the-future-of-color-fonts/ Color Emoji in Windows 8.1—The Future of Color Fonts?]
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* [http://thenextweb.com/dd/2013/12/23/science-behind-fonts-make-feel/ The science behind fonts (and how they make you feel)]
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=== Humor ===
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* [http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-comic-sans-asshole I'm Comic Sans, Asshole!]
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* [http://pixelambacht.nl/2015/sans-bullshit-sans/ Sans Bullshit Sans: leveraging the synergy of ligatures]
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=== Other links ===
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* O'Reilly, "Fonts and Encodings", Yannis Haralambous, ISBN 978-0-596-10242-5
 
* [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/417863689/travelling-font-salesman-typographic-book Travelling Font Salesman - Typographic Book]
 
* [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/417863689/travelling-font-salesman-typographic-book Travelling Font Salesman - Typographic Book]
 
* [http://boingboing.net/2014/01/30/creatingafont.html Creating a font from a classic comic]
 
* [http://boingboing.net/2014/01/30/creatingafont.html Creating a font from a classic comic]
* [http://thenextweb.com/dd/2013/12/23/science-behind-fonts-make-feel/ The science behind fonts (and how they make you feel)]
 
 
* [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/07/webfonts-making-wikimedia-projects-readable-for-everyone/ Webfonts: Making Wikimedia projects readable for everyone]
 
* [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/07/webfonts-making-wikimedia-projects-readable-for-everyone/ Webfonts: Making Wikimedia projects readable for everyone]
 
* [http://damieng.com/blog/2011/02/20/typography-in-8-bits-system-fonts Typography in 8 bits: System fonts]
 
* [http://damieng.com/blog/2011/02/20/typography-in-8-bits-system-fonts Typography in 8 bits: System fonts]
* [http://opentype.info/blog/2013/07/03/color-emoji-in-windows-8-1-the-future-of-color-fonts/ Color Emoji in Windows 8.1—The Future of Color Fonts?]
 
* [http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/25/tech/social-media/image-macros-memes-impact-font/ This font has a big Impact on memes]
 
 
* [http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/tree/docs/formats.txt FreeType 2: Supported Font Formats]
 
* [http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/tree/docs/formats.txt FreeType 2: Supported Font Formats]
 
* [https://github.com/file/file/blob/master/magic/Magdir/fonts Magic sequences for font formats recognized by file command]
 
* [https://github.com/file/file/blob/master/magic/Magdir/fonts Magic sequences for font formats recognized by file command]
 
* [https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-windows_update/kb3013455-ms15-010-causes-font-corruption/8640d38d-19bd-46b6-9af0-6213c05107d3 KB3013455 (MS15-010) causes font corruption (Windows)]
 
* [https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-windows_update/kb3013455-ms15-010-causes-font-corruption/8640d38d-19bd-46b6-9af0-6213c05107d3 KB3013455 (MS15-010) causes font corruption (Windows)]
* [http://pixelambacht.nl/2015/sans-bullshit-sans/ Sans Bullshit Sans: leveraging the synergy of ligatures]
 

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Fonts describe how text looks (as opposed to how the characters are represented in text, which is the area of Character Encodings). There are a number of formats that describe fonts for computers.

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